WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Congrats to NPU's Clarissa Ramos upon being named CCIW POW!

[RogK]

It is Eureka's men's team that averages over 100 so far, not the women (just under 85).

[iwu70]

Thanks, RogK, for the correction.  At least I didn't call them the Redpeople.!   LOL

Guess my mind is already on the Far Side -- facing a 16 hour+ flight back -- LA to Hong Kong -- shortly.   Five movies and then I'm there.

Happy holidays to all, even the Redpeople. 

'70

[GoPerry]

Guess my mind is already on the Far Side -- facing a 16 hour+ flight back -- LA to Hong Kong -- shortly.   Five movies and then I'm there.

'70

Go with "Dunkirk" and "Allied", but skip the Emoji movie - unless you're ready to fall asleep.

[Mr. Ypsi]

IWU 94, Eureka 67.  I doubt this will wear the Titans down much, since bench players played a LOT.  No box yet, and livestats doesn't show minutes played, but THIRTEEN Titans had stats of some sort.

[iwu70]

GoPerry, I'm hoping for "Darkest Hour," perhaps "The Post" or some such. "Dunkirk" was excellent.  Saw it with my son earlier this year.  We'll see on the others.  Perhaps a Bloody Mary or two and conking out may be in order too.

IWU, an easy time of it tonight 94-67 over Eureka.  Most starters sitting much of the 4Q.  McGraw and Ehresman leading the charge, as usual too.  Many many pine-sitters getting major minutes tonight . . . and looking very promising.  I'm a big fan of Brovelli who I think will be a major contributor in future seasons, along the lines of Maddie Merritt. 

It wasn't the "Redpeople" after all tonight -- it was the "Red Devils!"  Yikes. 

Big game vs. Wheaton on Wednesday.

Farewell for now -- I'll re-emerge on the FAR Side, when jet lag wanes.

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Here's a line for you.

Ehresman:  4-4 FG, 2-2 from 3, 3-3 FTs, 4 Assts, 6 steals, 0 TOs, in 17 minutes.

She's a tremendous player, making the IWU offense and defense go.  What did Reggie Jackson say, "the stick that stirs the drink."  ?

'70

[Mr. Ypsi]

Here's a line for you.

Ehresman:  4-4 FG, 2-2 from 3, 3-3 FTs, 4 Assts, 6 steals, 0 TOs, in 17 minutes.

She's a tremendous player, making the IWU offense and defense go.  What did Reggie Jackson say, "the stick that stirs the drink."  ?

'70

That was "The straw that stirs the drink."  You keep your sticks outta my drink (whatever they may do on the Far Side.

[Gregory Sager]

Wheaton paid the price for its loss to Chicago, dropping out of the Top 25 and leaving it a CCIW-free zone. The Sonic Atmospheric Disturbance remains in the ORV category, as do Illinois Wesleyan and Carthage. Curiously, North Park is no longer receiving votes, although one of NPU's victims, Bluffton, is still receiving votes. It's a little hard to grasp why this happened, considering that NPU's sole game last week was a 19-point victory.

[GoPerry]

Wheaton paid the price for its loss to Chicago, dropping out of the Top 25 and leaving it a CCIW-free zone. The Sonic Atmospheric Disturbance remains in the ORV category, as do Illinois Wesleyan and Carthage. Curiously, North Park is no longer receiving votes, although one of NPU's victims, Bluffton, is still receiving votes. It's a little hard to grasp why this happened, considering that NPU's sole game last week was a 19-point victory.

And that their only loss is to a top 10 team(Wartburg), a fact that is keeping a lot of 1-loss ranked teams from dropping out of, or further down, the ranking.

[Gregory Sager]

Plus, I speculated last week that NPU's loss to #4 Wartburg is an important part of the Vikings' résumé, given that it was a close game in which NPU was down by a single point going into the final minute.

[gordonmann]

Yeah, I noticed the same thing. I even double checked to make sure I didn't miss something.

Then I decided they stay on the ballot for next week anyway because someone should be voting for them.

[iwu70]

IWU goes 2-0 in conference play with an important win over WC at the Shirk, 88-81.  Great start to the CCIW season.

Ehresman, so solid as usual, 16
Merritt 15
Sosa, likely a career high, 15
Hughes, very valuable and active freshman, 12
McGraw 9

Dansdill for WC 19

Great team play tonight.  Good defensive effort and pressure.

Very happy not to see Katie McDaniels. 

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

North Park 67
Millikin 61

Gabby Sandoval: 20 pts
Clarissa Ramos: 17 pts, 6 rebs, 3 stls
Shaylee Sloan: 10 pts, 12 rebs, 5:2 a:to
Zakiya Newsome: 3 stls

Jordan Hildebrand: 17 pts, 11 rebs
Devin Curry: 17 pts
Cassie Somers: 15 pts
Yanni Sadler: 7:4 a:to

NPU made enough free throws down the stretch to hold off Millikin in a game that felt like it should've been sewn up much earlier than it was. The Vikings led by a dozen with 6:03 left to play after Zakiya Newsome had picked Devin Curry's pocket on a drive to the basket and then flung the ball downcourt to a streaking Gabby Sandoval for an and-one that put the Vikings up 58-46. However, that would be the last field goal that the Vikes would score all night. MU turned up the defensive intensity, while the Vikings appeared to be rushing their shots a bit. Fortunately, Sandoval took over control of the game for the Vikings, going 6-8 from the line down the stretch to ward off the Big Blue and keep them from ever getting any closer than three points. It was really good to see Gabby have a breakout game after struggling so much at the offensive end of the floor in the first five games of the season. Clarissa Ramos continued her hot hand -- she's now 16-21 from the field in CCIW play -- and Shaylee Sloan picked up her second double-double of the campaign.

The Vikings didn't look particularly sharp tonight, but they did what they had to do to hold serve at home and advance their record to 5-1, 2-0 on the season. But they're going to have to pick up the slack on Saturday, when they travel down to Hyde Park to face a much more formidable team in the Chicago Maroons than the Big Blue team that they beat tonight. The Vikings are certainly capable of beating the Maroons; I just don't want to see them become one of those play-to-the-level-of-the-competition type teams.

[lmitzel]

NCC needed overtime last night, but knocked off Carthage 81-77 for their first win of the season. Maya Walls went off for 25 and 10 on 10-14 shooting, Lyndsay Brennan put up 13, and Mayson Whipple had 13 points, eight assists, and no turnovers.

The Cardinals had about a seven minute scoring drought in the 2nd and 3rd quarters and we're down 9 after three, but played really well at the end. They had a nice little celebration at mid court after the final buzzer, one that was much deserved.

Also, fun note: this class of Carthage seniors went 0-4 at Merner, which has to be a first in the history of this rivalry.